By Tom Rock
Eric Mangini revealed (rather grudgingly, to no surprise) that Teddy Atlas left him a prophetic message before the Steelers game.
“It’s like Teddy Atlas and Nostradamus,” Mangini said. And no, he wasn't talking about a Glauber-esque look-a-like. At least I don't think he was.
Mangini took some time out of his week to attend Atlas’ annual benefit dinner in Staten Island last week. We’ll pick up Mangini’s voice here:
“He just talked to me about how important that was to him and how good things happen after you go to the dinner. He talked about a fighter who had won a fight, it was a little bit controversial. The question was whether he actually knocked the guy down after the bell or not. I forget the exact correlation. I think the fighter had come to his dinner as well, so, what he said is, you may end up winning this game late or you may win it after the bell, but usually good things happen to fighters who come to the Teddy Atlas dinner.”
The Jets wound up winning after the bell, 19-16 in overtime.